Editing Kot Wawa (section)

== Rule #7 – One verb sentence after another ==
VP. VP.

When a sentence starts with a verb. It starts a ''verb phrase''. The verb phrase continues until the next structure word or connective that ends it or else until the end of the sentence. All adverbs and introduced objects applied to that verb are part of its verb phrase.

If you say one verb phrase as a sentence and then another, what it means is

# The first verb happens, subject to all the things you said after it in its verb phrase,
# That verb phrase is now part of the context of the conversation,
# The second verb happens, subject to the context, and all the things you say afterwards within its verb phrase.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| | gàs. zùl.
| | “There’s a tree. It’s big.”
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|-
| | lùki pípi. lùki wás.
| | “It looks at a bug. It looks at a bird.”
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|-
| | mòk e kál. bòn.
| | “It eats fish. It’s good.”
| style="border-top:none;" | 
|}

In these cases, the second verb phrase is likely to be related to the first. The nature of the relation isn’t specified. The second verb phrase might be done by the doer of the first one, the object of the first one, or the verb phrase itself. Telling which it is all about what seems to make the most sense. If it’s not clear enough, the speaker can add more information using the grammatical rules in this document. If it’s obvious what the second verb should mean, they can leave all that out. The ways it should be interpreted and how clear it is depend on the situation being discussed, the knowledge that the speaker and listener have of it, and what has been said already. The rule of thumb is play around with it when you can afford to, be specific when the detail matters, and get a sense for what needs to be said and what doesn’t. As long as you’re clear, everything’s good.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|  | gàm.
|  | “It comes.”, “It approaches.”, “It arrives (to it).”
|  | < tok ''kama'', ult. < en ''come''
|-
| | jò.
| | “It has it.”
| style="border-top:none;" | < tok ''jo'', ult. < zh 有
|-
| | gàm. lùki. jò.
| | “Something comes to something. It sees it. It has it.”
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|}